'History Must be Rewritten!': Revisionist Ambitions among West African Slave Descendants

Lotte Pelckmans

'History Must be Rewritten!': Revisionist Ambitions among West African Slave Descendants

Lotte Pelckmans

Centre d'etudes Africains

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Abstract

This chapter adresses the silence that characterizes African domestic slavery in West Africa. Whereas the transatlantic slave trade is remembered and commemorated, domestic slavery has long remained a taboo topic. The chapter sheds light on recent attemps by African people of slave origin to reconsider the contribution of slaves to the Construction of African former kingdoms and contemporary nation states. This implies a revision of both popular and official accoutns of African history in relation to slavery.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Slavery, Memory and Identity : National Representations and Global Legacies
Antal sider	13
Udgivelsessted	London (UK), Vermont (USA)
Forlag	Pickering & Chatto Publishers
Publikationsdato	2012
Udgave	2012
Sider	91-104
Kapitel	6
ISBN (Trykt)	978 1 84893 225 8
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9781848932265
Status	Udgivet - 2012
Udgivet eksternt	Ja
Begivenhed	Imagining Slavery: National Representations of the History of Slavery and Abolition - National Archives, Copenhagen, Danmark Varighed: 8 sep. 2010 → … http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-west-africa&month=1009&week=a&msg=RDKgRqmQVApGxpz4HcA5qA&user=&pw=

Konference

Konference	Imagining Slavery
Lokation	National Archives
Land/Område	Danmark
By	Copenhagen
Periode	08/09/2010 → …
Internetadresse	http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-west-africa&month=1009&week=a&msg=RDKgRqmQVApGxpz4HcA5qA&user=&pw=

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'History Must be Rewritten!': Revisionist Ambitions among West African Slave Descendants. / Pelckmans, Lotte.
Slavery, Memory and Identity: National Representations and Global Legacies. 2012. udg. London (UK), Vermont (USA): Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2012. s. 91-104.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog, antologi, rapport › Bidrag til bog, antologi › Forskning › peer review

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